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Some Rare Chances.

In connection with the lumber
business it may be said that there
is a rare opportunity presented here
for the establishment of furniture
factory. All kinds of lumber needed
birch, ash, maple, walnut, beech.
cherry, sycamore and poplar--and
in fact every kind of lumber used
in ordinary furniture, can be had
right here, and the expense of ship
ment saved, while the facilities for
shipping the manufactured goods
from this point are rs good as any.
where else. The buildings for such
factory can be had here or they
can be erected nj small cost. Par.
ties concerned in the manufacture
OF furniture should examine into
this matter as the subject will bear
the most searching investigation
We are satisfied that such a venture.
properly managed, would pay very
large profits.
There are also most excellent
openings here for the establishment
of an ax handle factory or a rake
and fork handle factory for the
same reasons above given, to which
should be added the cheapness of
living. A glass works would surcly
pay well ut place where sand is
so abundant and excellent taat glass
manufacturers elsewhere send here
for it. A glass factory was located
here before the war on account of
the excellent qualities of the sand
which practical glass workers de.
clare is of very superior quality.
A sash and door factory would
also be prudent investment. Said
one of our leading men: "If had
the money above what is required
to run my present busincs | would
put IL into n sash and door factory
at this place" These statements
are not exaggerations, in fact the
half has not been told. Let persons
seeking profitable investments come
and see for themselves. Another
profitable investment would be
the erection of small dwellings for
rent; there is not an empty house
in the town, and there is n demand
every day.
a hub, spoke and bent works
would be a sure and safe invest
ment, as would also chair factory.
Our river front offers splendid
beach with good water-an excel.
lent opportunity for boat and barge
building.
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Health and Climate.

The climate Of any community is
an important matter to any one pro.
posing to locate therein. Our eli
mate is free from great extremes OF
heat and cold, the thermometer
rarely passing 90 degrees in sum
mcr and scarcely ever going below
zero in winter. The generalhealth.
fulness is very good, there being no
prevailing epidemics while our free.
dom from typhoid and malarial dis.
eases is remarkable. The death rate
is less than an average Of 10 in 1000.
Those desiring to reside in this To-.
cality will find the climate strong
induocment.
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Mineral Resources.

or these we can scarcely say too
much. The trouble is to state the
matter in such a way as 70 convince
strangers that we are not exagger-
ating the extent andvalue Of our min.
eral deposits. In these respects they
arc simply beyond any definite es-
timation in figures. in our hills are
coal veins 10 Il. thick. They
are above the water line, thus
avoiding the expense Of pump.
ing. The slope Of the veins is
such as to afford natural drainage.
Coal, iron, lead, salt, Limestone, sand.
stone, building stone, fagstone,
sand, clay and other deposits exist
here in practically inexhaustible
quantities, while experts are conf.
dent that natural gas and petroleum
will soon be found in paying
quantities. That they exist here is
already well known and has been
for many years. We arc in the
great oil belt extending from the
Washington, Pennsylvania, oil
and gas field to eastern Kentucky.
a few years ago Prof T. b.
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The principal industry is the lum-
Der business and the manufacture of
various wood products, and in these
lines it is unsurpassed, by any other
town in the country. For the
purpose of making and getting
the finished products into good
markets at small cost we have
unrivaled facilities. The town has
river frontage on the Ohio river
and railroads give easy and cheap
access to all parts of the country.
The growth of our manufacturing
enterprises has been owing to the
abundance of cheap raw material
and this growth will continue for
the same reason and through the
enterprise of our energetic business
men. Cheap and abundant material
and easy access to the markets of
the world have always favored us,
and these advantages are of
increasing importance in the close,
sharp competition that now exists in
the business and commercial world
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Retail stores.

Several Of the retail stores in
Ceredo in the various lines Of busi
ness deserve something more than
passing notice. Some Of them are
as fine as those in much larger
places. They sell cheap and their
goods are OF superior quality.
These stores are owned or managed
by merchants who have spent their
lives in the business, and who are
able 10 make selections Of the proper
style and quality Of goods.
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Municipal Government.

The present administration consists
of VIM. Wright, Mayor; Geo. X.
Osgood, Recorder; II. w. Stewart,
Jacob Zouck, s. +. Hoard, colum.
bus Cole and Albert Brown, eoun.
cilmen; JAS. Collier, Town Sargeant;
Strother Mays, Special Police.
The taxes are low. the town is out
of debt. The taxes in this place are
only s1.65 on the 800 valuation, and
his includes taxes ofalI kinds, State,
county, school and borough tax.
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Markets.

The fertile lands in the vicinity
supply our people with every lux.
ury known TO this latitude and in
such abundance is to make the
price very low. The river bottom
land offers rare opportunities for
those desirous of engaging in
market gardening, and the conven.
fence of good markets for such
products is also a great advantage.
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The Lumber Business.

Fully 100000 worth Of timber
comes out Of Twelve Pole river
annually, and the handling Of it from
the telling Of the tree in the forest
to the saving Of the log in the mills
here, gives employment 20 a very
large number Of men. Several
hundred RATS often come down At a
single run and 900 lumbermen have
been seen here at one time, which
number is only half the force that
started on the journey. This business
gives employment to 900 men here
for 3 or 4 months during the season .
As much timber is handled on this
river as on any other in the State, and
the town Of Ceredo being the great
central depot Of the lumber busi.
ness, as well as the place where
supplies IN the shape Of groceries
provisions, tools, and other necessi-
ties are furnished, it can readily be
seen that this lumber business re.
quires the handling ola vast amount
of money in this place. About
7ooo, 900 slaves are also run out Of
this river annually.
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In the brief space allowed for this
article, some subjects have doubt.
less been omitted. What is here
done is FOR the general good OF our
town and not in the interest OF any
particular firm, Our object has
been 70 hold up the general sdvans.
ages Of the place to the favorable
notice of strangers seeking q mere
favorable location, with the hops
that a visit and personal inveseiga.
ton might lead TO their peFmanent
location here We have an abiding
faith IN the bright prospects for our
place, and believe that our advant.
ages should be proclaimed 70 the
four quarters Of the earth. When
this is done we believe that shrewd
men will seize the opportunity here
presented by investing their eapi.
tai among Us. to the mutual benefit
ofthemsclves and the community.
We hope al our readers will assist
in giving this paper a wide eircula.
ton as conducive 20 this end.
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Architects. +. Hoard.
Barbers-Fred. Holmes, WIN.
Fortncr and Joseph Hall.
Billiard and Pool Psrlor-F. ID.
Bush & Co.
Blaeksmiths WIN. Evick and w.
6. Smith.
Boatbuilder-Samuel Johnson.
Brick-layer- Dennis Shine.
Civil Engineer-W. w. Miller.
Contractors and Builders-I II.
Millender & Co, II. w. Stewart 4
Son and Elias Stock.
CarPenters-H. w. Stewart, !.
w. Stewart, Elias Stock, Cyrus
Emmons. VIM. Foueh, Wm Breath,
Albert Martin, A. J. Duncan, Hen.
~ Stock and others.
Dfess.Msker-Mrs. Edna Hand
ley.
General Storcs-J. II. Millender
& Co, W S. Napier q Co, Robt
Wright Srg John Kelley and Ham
ilton Willis.
Hotcls-Bloss House and Ccredo
House.
Ice Cream--Mrs. Edna Handlcy
Insurance Agents-T +. Nc.
Dougal and Jesse Wright
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We have a good school house
containing four rooms, three Of
which arc now used for school Dur.
poses. The present Board Of Edu.
cation consists Of Maj. Jas. r. Way.
mer Jacob Zouck and VIM. Wright.
who are among our most active cit
izens and who will carefully look
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Hotels.

These are the Ceredo House and
the BlossIIouse where excellent nc.
commodations may be found at very
reasonable rates.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

charge corruption and imbecilitv
on the Judges of our court of last
resort, and virtually suggest re-
sistencc thereto.
Julian's screcd cndeavors to
smirch the moral. character of all
of his predecessors in Office, re
minding us Of the deacon who was
enquired OF by presiding elder
how many members Of his church,
were really sincere Christians, re-
piled that he honestly believed
there were only two, viz, himself
and brother Jones, and he had to
confess that sometimes he was led
to doubt the honesty of brother
Jones.
Julian may be a servicoable
friend Of the Democratic party
he is certainly, by virtue OF his
position, hurtful enemy of New
Mexico.
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TIE LITTLE MAC.
White Oaks, July {, g

-
Ed. LEADER -
am somewhat surprised and
amused over an article which ap-
peared in the Las Vegas News
Of the Sth inst, in reference to
the Little Mac mine Of this camp.
Mr.. Prichard states that the title
to the Little Mac Mine has been
quoted by the decision OF the
court OF the May term of 1887
The court record does not show
this to be the case.
Mr.. Prichard knows that the
mine was relocated, May 10th.
1887. He has also been informed
that the re locator, w. w. Tag
gart, has sunk shaft eleven feet
in depth upon the vein.
[ have bought a three fourth IN
terest in the property, (under Tag
gart'a location.) Yes, the mine
will be worked by the undersigned.
JAMES CoLP.
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NUMBER Al.
MEATH OF ]. ]. TUCKER.

On Sunday evening last, the
sturdy soul Of J. j. Tucker, burst
from out its frail tenement and
scared away to it's final, it's eter-
nal habitation.
The deceased had been confined
to his house about two months, II
victim of consumption, every day
growing weaker and weaker, each
hour consciously approaching his
end. How sad the situation of
his loving wife during the in
terim. There she sat, seeing
her beloved rcccding from her
side, with an open grave ON the
trail near his tottering footsteps IN
to which he was destined to fall,
and she powcrless to stretch forth
hand to divert him from pend
ing peril. His situation, too, with
limbs refusing to perform their
functions, lungs clogged, heart
beating with intermittent pulsa-
tions, knowing that the grim mes
senger was shadowing him, pre-
pared at any moment to afiiX his
cold and fatal hands upon HIM.
Tucker was not Christian in
the soctarian sense Of the term,
but he was Il practical one, To do
and be good, was his religion, to
be honest was his creed. In life
he stood erect before his fellows,
with no shameful record behind
him, or sinister aims before him,
and he faced Death without fear,
satisfied that his accounts on earth
having been fairly, honestly balanc-
ed, itwould take but short time for
the Infinite to cast up his accounts
on the final ledger and declare his
dividend. He exhibited true Chris
tian fortitude in his waiting tor
the summons, and closed his eyes
on life without fear or trembling,
and we doubt not, as we write he is
peering through the windows of
Heaven down on his stricken wife
and three BARNS.
Friend Tucker was born in the
northern portion Of Missouri, 80
years ago on the 10Th of May last.
With his little family, father and
mother, he came to Lincoln County
in 1884, locating for time at Ros-
well. His parents not liking the
country, returned, while j. j. re-
mained, moving to this point,
where he has since lived and died.
On Monday afternoon his remains
were laid away in our cemetery,
where he now sleeps aside Of sew
eral he knew in life, and paid Of
terings to, such as his friends per
formed at his final deposit. The
Sympathies Of all our people reach
ont to the afflicted, with the prayer
that God will temper their bercave-
ment to a solace.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

Ills many friends will regret to
learn that Professor Lonpemaro
is seriously III at Socorro.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

WE have taken occasion hereto
fore, to take Socorro City and
County to task for permitting the
bridge spanning the Rio Grande,
to fall into unctuous desue-
tudo," and now it becomes our du-
ty to give it's more pretentious
neighbor, Las Vegas and San Mi
guel Co., a whack. The trade OF
Las Vegas from this side Of the
river is immense, but no adequate
means OF crossing the river at high
water stage has been provided,
About year ago, a valuable bridge
was built across the Pecos at An
ton Cmquo, but no provision had
been made for right Of way for ap-
proaches, and unless for such as
can fly, the bridge is useless, as
it's either end frowns down from
an elevation OF 20 feet upon would
be crossers, who have to go down
the river several miles to find un-
certain crossing. Las Vegas sho'ld
lose our trade as she seems 50 lcth.
or1.ic to invitn or rntoin II
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16
Saturday, July lG, 1881.

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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16
THOSE FLAGS.

It's getting to be frequent tor
late Federal and Confederate sol
diers to meet on fields upon which,
in days OF peril, they fought
against each other for supremacy,
and there in friendly spirit fight
the battles oyer again. This fact
is seized upon bv some Good
Lord, good devil' writer's and
speakers to prove that Cleyeland'S
late illegal order for the return OF
the rebel flags to those who carried
them as menace to the govern
ment, was nota blunder, but the
etfervescencc Of noble, patriotic
heart--that it would be practical
evidence that the past had been
forgiven, and SO far as possible for
gotten.
The history of wars, since the
world began, prove that as among
the rank and file, and largely with
the leading, the foremost SPlntS'
when occasion presented there
were unions OF h"ndS' WINE thc
hearts beat Tor antipod"I interests
Becaase two soldiers representing
antag"nls;l nc HAS meet ana IN
duIge N friendly converse II uoe8
not fo"o" 'Hat me 'lo represent
ing the victorious banner IS "9'l"i''-
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

Senator CulIom, of Illinois, in a
Fourth Of July celebration at Say
brock, scared IN the following
style to very respectable height,
says an eastern exchange
The growth and prosperity of
our nation is marvellous, and we
are the richest natlon almost in
the world. The wealth of the
United States is reported at $47,-
475, 600, 900; the wealth OF Great
Britain, $43, 800. 900, 900; France,
$40, 300, 900, 900; G rmany, $31,
6l5, 900, 900; Russia, $21, 715, 900,
600 Austria, SIS, ,065. 900, 900 ;
and, Notwithstanding the terrible
war through which this county
passed SO recently, there Is not
one of these nations ! haye named
that does not owe more and has
less to pay it with than the United
States.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

Hon. Luke Poland Of Vermont
is dead. He was long Il conspic-
uous figure in Congress, and next
to Edmuuds and Morrill, was The
strongest Vcrmouter in that body.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16
PLANT OF A DEMAGOGUE.

| nee Ot the North American REVIEW,
New York, which we mislaid, else
we would have referred to it be-
fore this The lettor read as fol
lows, emitting the heading and
date, which was June oath, 1887 /;
DEAR SIR:
The North American Review
for July will contain an article by
Hon. Geo. w. Julian, Surveyor
General, etc, entitled Land
Stealing in New Mexico.
Mr.. Julian gives facts and fig
ures Of what appears to be a vast
field of corruption.
During our existence on this
terraqueous sp here we have al
ways noticed that when n man
changes his religion or politics he
is more intolerant than those i'll
TO whose companionship he thrusts
himself, than those who never re-
canteG. Before we were old
enough to vote, we remember OF
George ". Julian being a candi-
date for Vice President on an alb
clifton ticket, neither the Wing or
Democratic party being radical
anti-slayery enough to suit him.
Finally he joined the Republican
party, and was an extreme of the
extremists. During the war he
favored the employment Of Greek
fire and hell fire to exterminate
the rebels. Finally the Republi
cans of his district became tired
OF carrying him longer and with
drew their support from D. w. j.
and transferred it to another,
when he soured upon the party aud
went over to his lifelong enemy,
burning all bridges as he passed
over them, and he has exhausted
his vocabulary Of Billingsgate
SINCE by hurting it at the party
which supplied tissue for his
muscle.
This yclpIng of his about fraud
entering so largely INTO land ii
ties in New Mexico, has done
much to impair confidence in those
who would otherwise cast their
lots with us, and the cry is SIMPLY
to awaken the idea that the fraud
u!ent land grants" are creatures Of
Republican porfdy, whereas each
and all Of them date back of the
era Of Republican authority. 1t
matters not to Julian or his supc-
rior officers that the interests Of
New Mexico are involved -poGti-
cal effect in the States Is sought,
and the old fossil shakes the moss
on his back while writing dIatribes
hurttul to the people among whom
the President i'll his inscrutible in
uoceuce sent him.
The Republican party was not
christened until 1856, and it had
but a precarious existence only
two years prior. 1t was not
until 1861 that the party went in
to power with the incorraptible
Abraham Lincoln as it's chief.
Prior to this all the so-called fraud
ulent land grants had been sur
veyed under Democratic Surveyor
Generals, and by authority be
queathed by Democratic Con
crosses, as is SCI forth, though
tamely, but Of necessity, by Julian
himself, in the essay indicated,
which essay now lies before us,
having been received since we
commenced writing this article.
OF course the gentleman from the
Wabash does not grow poetic, po-
litically, until singing OF the &C
tion OF Republican Congresses,
based upon Acts OF Democratic
Congresses, and in full accord with
Democratic precedent.
The L. S. Supreme Court has
lately given Il decision touching
the Maxwell land grant case, the
most gigantic Of all grants, and
has confirmed the title, yet julian
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Z
to which human eye cannot peer,
they would be Haunted in the faces
Of Union loving people as a men
ace that the tune might come when
they would invite kisses from
brcczes which hedge in battle
fields and eventually supplant the
Stars and Stripes which now re-
ceiros homage from every true
lover of true Freedom, and in the
language Of the old song, "makes
tyranny tremble." "
No, it is the man who entertains
such a proposition in hs mind who
is " fit for treason, stIatagcm and
spoils." He who favors the reno
wing from their present sleeping
places, those CHASTITY relics, their
reburnishing and presentation to
public gaze, is an enemy OF quie-
tude, with as much heart for the
prosperity Of the Union, as Nero
had tor Rome, Robespierre had
for human lite, and love for unity
as the devil has for holy water.
Instead OF allaying agitation the
President and his henchmen threw
burning fagots into the magazine
of agitation.
For the soldiers who innocently,
and through blind intatuation
thought more Of the State than
the Country winch gave them
birth, and fought therefor, Union
soldiers entertain never dying
respect, respect for the courage
proven by them, a courage emf
nently American, and symbolic of
no particular State-but Tor the
leaders who misled them, or the
cause which they procipitated, no
Unionist, soldier or civilian, cher
ishcs aught but hate. 1t has ocen
said, "tc forget is human, to for
give divine" If it is ali the same,
we would help Providence out by
taking the divine horn OF the di-
LENA, and tofgiving the arch
TRAITORS, while letting God forget
them which perhaps will 60 to
prove that there is more of the
divine than human in our makeup.
,--.-s-vs,sss-..- e,.-.g.
The editor OF the Lincoln In
dependent visited White Oaks on
the Fourth, and returning home
he wrote it up in gushing style.
Speaking OF the Grafton delivered
by G., 4. Richardson, he says
" Ihg orator 9I 'ho oay Iollo"- .''i
| lcngthy address very appropriate
ioI tne occaslon' ' Iolorlins ig a,a,.n 20 ..l'
ti",t tin,, from ,c" ou' ,oolbar 'V cnnntry. with
rIowInr tributes to tho authors of
the Declaration Of independence,
which resomdcd with enthusiasm
sustained by our y, S'.uIioH"'S .i )
h;"nI,, j,,,',', ''~',' cnntost far sayan Inn@
wears"
Our friend is certainly " out ON
A.. bo.o 50 O,r poyoL,ti,no,v
l rT',,;d, -.
'"' ''''i - ''o' 81 ''0'''" VI IVA '4,'
q part OF our country as when
they fought, that section belonged
70 Spain. aud did not become %
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

TIE convicted ard condemned
murderors, O'Donnell and Thomas
son, have had their sentences com
muted to imprisonment for life.
Judge Henderson, before whom
ODonneil was tried, told us pub
licly at Lincoln, that more mex
cusable murder than that commit
ted by O'D. never came before
him, and certainly that of Thorn
asson reached beyond ordinary
murder and into the realms Of
cowardly assassination. But what
is Ross for, if not to show his su-
porioriy 10 law
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-07-16

A FEW days ago, two brothers
of Capt. ID. W. Roberts, who had
joined the army OF Texas exodus
ters, arrived at NogaI. There
We're three wagon loads of them
not Of the two brothers, but of
their tamilies-and now Nogal
looks as though it had a real good,
live nucleus fer a boom. In the
name and in behalf of Capt. Rob
erts' many friends in Lincoln Co.,
we extend to his relatives hearty
greeting and welcome as they sit
down to take "pot luck" with us.